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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H292
a.chi.na.dav — Ahinadab
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ki.4.14; son of: Iddo (H5714) § Ahinadab = "my brother is liberal, or, noble" a supply officer of Solomon
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Brother of liberality = liberal, one of the twelve commissariat officers appointed by Solomon in so many districts of his kingdom to raise supplies by monthly rotation for his household. He was appointed to the district of Mahanaim (1 Kings 4:14), east of Jordan.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
Ahinadab the son of Iddo [had] Mahanaim:
